Denny Stark vs. Pop Williams — Career Comparison

Denny Stark
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Pop Williams
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Denny Stark built a career as a starting pitcher and Pop Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pop Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.17 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 5.81 and 1.679 for Denny Stark. By the career numbers, Pop Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Denny Stark and Pop Williams

Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.09
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.43
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.09
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.51
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.37
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.48
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.58
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.53
57.53
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.96
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
5.81
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.17
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
795
27
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1159
27
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
9
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
386.1
9
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
10.29
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
9.92
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.92
9.92
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.8
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
4.52
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.63
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.31
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
3.08
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
41.54
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1650
38.44
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.31
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
6.83
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
4.75
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.83
6.83
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.65
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.645
1.645
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1057
35.9
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1517
35.34
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44

Fielding Stats for Denny Stark and Pop Williams

Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.12
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.43
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
795
27
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
27
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
9
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
9
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.67
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.02
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.22
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.6
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
3.07
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.56
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.89
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.04
94.04
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.582
2.582
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.53
57.53
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denny Stark and Pop Williams

Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
541.46
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
59
177.89
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
600
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
71
519.51
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
179
539.7
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
120.6
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
105.53
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.05
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.03
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.27
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.08
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
19.56
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.32
43.17
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
13
95.12
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
141.71
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
168.84
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.453
0.453
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
63.32
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
54.27
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
117.59
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-0.55
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.91
50.99
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.08
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
33.17
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
28
204.88
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42.21
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.21
14.21
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.79
0.79
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.27
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12.06
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Pop Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
Pop Williams
Career
Per 600 PA